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Oh Super Sweet 90's Inserts.... #3

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WizardofOz1982

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Thanks for all the suggestions, guys! I grew up in the 80s and collected cards from that decade and then into the very early 90s. During this time, I also developed a taste for 50s Topps cards. Then, off to college and work during college, and I missed most of the cards of the 90s. Around 2000 I got back in for a couple of years and racked up some nice vintage but sold it all and went to grad school. I got married in 2002 and got settled into a career and first child was born in 2006.

Sometime shortly thereafter I started collecting again and have been at it continually ever since. I have mainly collected postwar and prewar baseball, built some sets, broke them up, had a 60s football phase, etc. In the last year or two, I have gone back to some of my 80s cards I loved so much. Also bought some T206 and 50s star cards. However, I keep coming back to the 80s and then I found this thread about the 90s cards. It occurred to me that I completely missed these cards. I mean I watched baseball during the 90s, I just had no money then.

This thread grabbed my eye, and I appreciate your suggestions. I guess it is weird to go from vintage back to 80s and 90s cards, but that's what I am thinking right now.

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It isn't weird at all. Chase what you like. I bought a cheap 1991 Upper Deck box to break with my son and pulled the Michael Jordan SP and since I've been working on low end 90s inserts that I remember chasing back then like 1993 Upper Deck Then & Now, Donruss Diamond Kings, and all the cool early 90s Ultra inserts. It doesn't have to be expensive to be fun.
 

Robert1973

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It isn't weird at all. Chase what you like. I bought a cheap 1991 Upper Deck box to break with my son and pulled the Michael Jordan SP and since I've been working on low end 90s inserts that I remember chasing back then like 1993 Upper Deck Then & Now, Donruss Diamond Kings, and all the cool early 90s Ultra inserts. It doesn't have to be expensive to be fun.
Go Cardinals! You speak the truth. I love the 80s and 90s cards for sure. I have chased some of the '82 Topps Blackless and '84 Topps encased when I am looking for something a little less common. You are right that stuff doesn't have to be pricey to be fun. Congratulations on pulling MJ!

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mrmopar

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Best dufex cards ever! Ryan #1 with a close 2nd from the PIazza pair. If Salmon had a better career, he would be right there as well.

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mrmopar

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Heck, they are all awesome. Here is a real colorful (and very common) dufex card that I thought was amazing. I thought it was the Pinnacle Passer card at first, as I had never seen either.

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Then we had these. Dufux was THE BEST.

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banjar

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Oooh, I read the first sentence and was mashing my keyboard to log in and start the mother of all flame wars. Righteous indignation I summon thee!

Then I read the second sentence. And I calmed down :)


You do not want to go the Dufex route. They are awful.

(I'm lying. I just don't want more competitors.)
 

magicpapa

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I would highly recommend the awesomeness of Donruss Crusades. Just get a green one of a noname for cheap so you can see the design in person, and if you like it can continue with the $$$ ones.

interested in the Red?
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JVHaste

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interested in the Red?
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Very nice card, I am getting hard and "red" even looking at it!! :)

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sadly I am closer to selling than to buying any more these days... trying to sell other things before cards but who knows what will happen.
 

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